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S. K. HAWKINS.

BRUSH. I No. 277,899. Patented May 22,1883.

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By i y Jlttor ney 5 UNITED STATES.

PATENT @FFICE.

SAMUEL K. HAWKINS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUCKEYE BRUSH COMPANY,

30F SAMELPLAGE.

BRUSH.

srncxrrca'rxon forming-part of Letters Patent No. 277,899, dated May 22,1883.

Application filed December 1, 1862. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL K. HAWKINS, of Cleveland, county of Guyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Im- 5, provement in Brushes; audIdo hereby declare that the following is a full,"clear, and ex act description of the same, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inthe manufacture of brushes, and has for its objectthe production of a more durable brush than by other means;

. and, while the efficiency of the article is in' no 1 way lessened, there is a great saving intii'n'e required in the manufacture and also in the quantityof'material employed.

" "having-a metallic cap-disk combined with a In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional vim of the handle with the wedge; Fig.2,a'n one side or perspective view of the same; and Fig.

3, a sectional view of the cap or ferrule-ink which the bristles are fixed.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in all the views. A is the wooden handle, of the usual shape and of any size desirable,-to the lower or larger end of which is attached the metallic wedge or cap B, so made as to act as a ferruleor rim" around the wooden handle. This is held se'-'= curely in place by the common screw 0.

D is aferrule orring, of metal, corrugated to" represent the binding of wire usually employed in fastening the bristles, and also tor-thepur-r pose of crimping and more eiTectually-holding' the bristles than couldbe done witha smooth bination with the head E and ring D, as and for-the purposes set forth.

surface. In this ring-is set the wood'en-head E, which has an opening, F, in its center some what smaller than the larger end of the handle A.

In making these brushes the bristles are first prepared on their ends with a suitable adhesive substance, and then inserted in the ring, so as to be brought up against the wood- .en head. After setting, the point of the handle A is inserted between the bristles into the 4 5 opening .in the "headE, and by hydraulic or other pressurerthe:handle is driven home to its placeyas-showm'in Fig. 3, thus crowding *theibri'stles-against the corrugated inner surface of' the ring, and holding them so firmly ith'atsno shrinking of the parts of the brush,

- slfaking,*or-handling can remove them.

'amawarethat brushes have been made iSOGkBbhfllldlB and wooden ring, and I do not therefore claim the same as myinvention; but, -Having thus fully described my invention, what'l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, .is''= As a new article of manufacture, the withindescribed brush, having over the end of the handle-A the metallic cap or wedge B,"forrning a socket or ferrule for said handle, and held in place by centrally inserted screw, 0, in com- Thisspecificationsigned and witnessed this 16th day of November, 1882.

" SAMUEL K. HAWKINS.

Witnesses y J AMEs-PAnMELEE,

RICHARIQVAAMW PARMELY. 

